John Thomas Cope (1841 - 1926)

Born 24 Nov 1841 in Marlboro, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 May 1926 at age 84 in Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States

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Company K

Biography

John was born in 1841. He was the son of John Cope and Winnie Quick. He passed away in 1926.

John Thomas Cope served in Company K, 8th Regiment, South Carolina, and Company L, 20th South Carolina Volunteers. A Private. He was discharged on 12 July 1862. After the war, John Thomas Cope lost a leg due to an injury sustained during the war. He received a pension for his service. His discharge paper listed his appearance (at 17 years of age): 5 feet/6 inches tall. Dark complexion, grey eyes, and dark hair.

Sources

• 1850 U.S. census, Marlboro District, South Carolina, population schedule, pages 173 (verso) and 174 (recto), dwelling 775, family 775, John Cope; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QC2-X3 : viewed 29 July 2022), image 106; citing National Archives Microfilm M432, roll 856.

• 1860 U.S. census, Marlboro District, South Carolina, population schedule, Bennettsville Post Office, page 112, dwelling number 920, family number 920, Rebecca A. Cope; FamilySearch.org digital image (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BS6-LLQ  : viewed 29 July 2022) image 112 of 135; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm M653, roll 1223.

• "Civil War Service Records (CMSR), Confederate Records," fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/81540249  : viewed 21 August 2022), [John] Thomas Cope, Private, Company L, 20th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Feb - April 1863, 2nd image of 2 images; Citing NARA microfilm "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina," M267, roll 0310.

• 1875 South Carolina state census, Marlboro County, population schedule, Bennettsville Township, 3rd page, 14th name, Thomas Cope household; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSW-XSFP-D  : viewed 29 July 2022), film 101621258, image 710 of 796; South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAH), CN 813 (AD1752).

• 1880 U.S. census, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, page 41, ED 105, dwelling 501, family 501, J Thomas Cope household; digital image (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBF-93C1  : viewed 22 October 2023), image 358 of 816; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T9.

• Marlboro County, South Carolina, Certificate of Death no. 9034 (1926), J. T. Cope; Bureau of Vital Statistics, Columbia; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6GJ9-LVP : accessed 07 August 2022), image 1754.

• Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45767320/john-thomas-cope : viewed 21 August 2022), memorial 45767320, John Thomas Cope (1841–1926), created by Mary Stephens Scrudder; citing Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, Bennettsville, South Carolina.

• J. A. W. Thomas, A History of Marlboro County with Traditions and Sketches of Numerous Families (Atlanta: Foote & Davies Co, 1897), page 200.

• Brent H. Holcomb, South Carolina's Confederate Pensioners in 1901 (Columbia, South Carolina: SCMAR, 2001), page 78.